Poorly Written Communication Essay
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Poorly Written Communication Essay
Persuasive Essay
"Poorly Written Communication"
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Thesis:
After a poorly written memo caused hard feelings and loss of morale, the company decided to
start writing courses, believing that the effectiveness of enhancing written communication skills
within a work place is necessary for any successful business.
In "A case for clear writing" C. Petrini states, the ability to communicate written
information in a clear, concise and accurate manner can provide significant benefits to
employees and their companies. Poor communication within a work place can cause serious
miscommunication, which in ways could cause loss of work time, due to doing the wrong job.
Another problem that could dampen works productivity is hurt feelings. This alone could cripple
a business by causing lack of productivity and lack of morale. If you ever plan to expand, your
business and have a successful one, you need good writing skills.
If our business continues to have a lack of writing ability, it could result in personnel
quitting or total lack of respect in the end. There are many other areas in which this could
affect our business but one, which would really be an eye opener, is a possible lawsuit. In the
article " The you understood" P. Vassallo it says When writing we don't have the
luxury of using vocal intonations or body language to add to our meaning. If you call someone
crazy in writing, you suggest either that person lacks sanity or that you lack judgment.
A writing workshop would benefit our business in many ways. The first thing
that comes to mind is higher morale, Since the workshop would teach us to write clear and
concise papers, this could cause less confusion with the employees when reading bulletins
published by management and a lot less hurt feelings. As stated in " Improving your technical
writing" by R. Ramsey, the ability to write competently is a requirement for success in any field.
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Written communication should be treated as sales letters.
I did my research and found A local college that offers a 20-hour class on professional
writing and improving poor writing skills within a business. The college informed me that it offers
offer two different classes one for higher management and one for all the other employees. The
two courses are 20 hours in length and each can handle 25 students. After a closer look at what
is being taught in the courses I have listed a few of the topics covered I feel that are important to
our current situation within the work place. The first thing that we are taught is how to clearly
state our ideas and suggestions on paper without sending a false message and confusing fellow
employees. We will be taught the proper way to structure sentences and the use of different
styles of letter writing. I know I only listed a couple of the class topic and If further information
is needed the course counselor will gladly sit down with you to discuss in detail what else, it has to they
offer. If we want, we can also give them a list of topics to teach. College staff members They are very flexible with
what